The Oxebridge ISO 9001 Group on LinkedIn has officially broken the quarter-million mark and now has over 250,000 members. Because requests to join are manually approved, this limits the number of bot and fake accounts, so the number should closely reflect real, human users. Spammers are banned without warning after only one offense.
Oxebridge took over the group about nine years ago, when the former owner — a businessman from Russia — was no longer able to access the group due to a ban on LinkedIn in that country. At the time, the group had about 45,000 members. Through careful moderation of spam and member engagement, the group has now reached over a quarter of a million users.
A second group, dedicated to both ISO 9001 and AS9100 and managed by Oxebridge, has an additional 6,000 members.
Changes to LinkedIn’s “Groups” feature significantly crippled spam controls, post management, and user engagement, as Microsoft altered the platform to more closely mimic the “scroll” type feeds of Instagram and TikTok. Microsoft shifted its emphasis to raw impressions, moving away from meaningful content engagement and forum-type discussions, making it difficult to grow a group. Microsoft also eliminated the ability of group owners to monetize their groups, even as it forces managers to perform more labor-intensive work for spam moderation and member approvals. The result has left many group managers feeling like unpaid employees for LinkedIn, leaving some groups wholly unmoderated and left to fester under the flood of spam. However, LinkedIn Groups can still attract large quantities of users when managers maintain strict anti-spam measures and try to engage with users through meaningful posts, polls, and on-topic discussions. Such efforts require daily attention and management by owners and moderators.
The ISO 9001 group’s size gives Oxebridge a massive platform to promote its core efforts to reform both the ISO standards development processes and related ISO 9001 certification activities. The popularity of both Oxebridge and its LinkedIn Groups suggests that despite attempted bans by ISO and other organizations, the positions promoted by Oxebridge — which put users first — resonate with stakeholders and the public.
Oxebridge has pressured ISO, IAF, and ILAC to cease operating as for-profit entities, despite being registered as non-profits, and place public safety and the voice of the customer above their revenue goals.
To join the Oxebridge-managed groups, click below:
- ISO 9001 LinkedIn Group
- Oxebridge Group (ISO 9001 + As9100, general Oxebridge news)
- IA9100 Aerospace Quaity Management Standard Group (new!)
